Kalam shows way to contain farmers suicide

President A P J Abdul Kalam today said the model which will contain the suicidal tendency among the farming community is very much available, and it is needed to replicated across the country.

Yavatmal, June 15 : President A P J Abdul Kalam today said the model which will contain the suicidal tendency among the farming community is very much available, and it is needed to replicated across the country.

The President, while sharing his experience of a Punjab village, said that productivity of farmers could be almost doubled with a productive partnership between farmers, agricultural scientists, industry supervisors and the Government.

Speaking at the Golden Jubilee Celebrations of Amolakchand Mahavidyalaya, here, he said: "Most important action is to enable farmers to get quality seeds, quality fertilizers and quality pesticides from cooperative societies."

Commenting on the menace of unemployment, Kalam said: "The educational system should highlight the importance of entrepreneurship and prepare the students right from the college education to get oriented towards setting up of the enterprises which will provide them creativity, freedom and ability to generate wealth."

Secondly, the banking system should provide venture capital right from every village level to the prospective entrepreneurs for undertaking new enterprises, he added.

ANI